Information Literacy Skills

Look at the Information Literacy skills chart. Hover your mouse over each section to reveal the steps that you should follow. Remember, you do not have to do these steps in order, you can go backwards or forwards and revisit any section that you need.

1. Defining	Steps in the process What is my purpose? Why do I need to find this out? What are the key words and ideas of the task? What do I need to do?
2. Locating	What do I already know What do I still need to find out? What sources and equipment can I use?
3. Selecting	What information can I leave out? How relevant is the information I have found? How credible is the information I have found? How will I record the information I need?
4. Organising	Have I enough information for my purpose? Do I need to use all this information? How can I best combine information from different sources?
5. Presenting	What will I do with this information? With whom will I share this information?
6. Assessing	Did I fulfil my purpose? How did I go - with each step of the information process? How did I go - presenting the information? Where do I go from here?

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